WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PER/9 
19 April 2005 
 
 (05-1603) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   PERU
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Production 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism 
Calle Uno Oeste No. 050 Urbanización Corpac 
Lima 27  
Perú  Tel.: (+511) 513 6100 Ext. 8022 Fax: (+511) 513 6100 Ext. 8002  
E-mail: cochoa@mincetur.gob.pe  
Web: www.mincetur.gob.pe  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [    ], 2.10.1 [ X  ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:    
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Tariff heading 4009:  
Tubes, pipes and hoses, of vulcanized rubber othe r than hard rubber, with or without their 
fittings (for example, joints, elbows, flanges)  (National Tariff: 4009. 21.00.00.  Reinforced 
or otherwise combined only with metal, without fittings.  4009).  Tariff heading 7311:  
Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel (National Tariff: 7311.00.10.00.  Seamless).  Tariff heading 8409:  Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading No. 84.07 or 84.08 (National Tariff:  8409.91.91.00.  Equipment for conversion of the fuel system of motor vehicles to run on gas fuel).  Tariff heading 8481:  
Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pi pes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, 
including pressure-reducing valves and thermosta tically controlled valves (National Tariff:  
8481.20.00.90.  Other valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions, 8481.80.80.00:  
Automatic valves and electrical controls therefor  used exclusively to automate the operation 
of plant, machinery and mechanical applian ces).  Tariff heading 9026:  Instruments and 
apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, leve l, pressure or other variables of liquids or 
gases (for example, flow meters, level gaug es, manometers, heat meters), excluding 
instruments and apparatus of headings 90.14, 90.15, 90.28 or 90.32.  (National Tariff:  
9026.20.00.00:  For measuring or checking pressure.) G/TBT/N/PER/9 
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 5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Technical Regulation 
on Automotive Natural Gas Conversion Equipment (4 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   This Technical Regulation establishes the requirements and 
minimum technical conditions applicable to accessories, parts, components, equipment and 
spares, for installation in motor vehicles, in  order to convert the liquid fuel internal 
combustion system to run on automotive natural gas, whether domestic or imported.  
Compliance with this regulation is mandatory.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 Prevention of practices that could endanger human life and safety. 
8. Relevant documents:    
1. Publication where notice appears:  not indicated. 
2. Proposal and basic document:  not indicated. 3. Publication in which proposal will a ppear when adopted:  Official Journal El 
Peruano . 
4. Relevant international standards: 
 - NTP (Peruvian Technical Standard) 111.013:2004:  Dry Natural Gas.  High 
pressure cylinders for the storage of natu ral gas used as an automotive fuel. 
 - NTP (Peruvian Technical Standard) 111.014:2004:  Dry Natural Gas.  
Conversion equipment components for vehicles that run on automotive natural gas. 
 - NTP (Peruvian Technical Standard) 111.016:2004:  Dry Natural Gas.  
Cylinder anchoring devices for vehicles th at run on automotive natural gas. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }7 February 2005 
10. Final date for comments:   Not indicated 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ]  
Commission on Technical and Trade Regulations 
National Institute for the Defence of Competiti on and the Protection of Intellectual Property 
(INDECOPI) Calle La Prosa No. 138 Lima 41 Peru 
 
Tel.: +(511) 224-7800 Fax: +(511) 224-0348; (511) 224-0347 E-mail:  amello@indecopi.gob.pe   G/TBT/N/PER/9 
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  or address, telephone and fax numbers, e-ma il and web-site addresses, if available of 
the other body:   
 
www.comunidadandina.org/s irt/RT/PE40092100R05105.pdf 
 
Vice Ministry of Industry  
Calle Uno Oeste No. 50 Urb. Corpac San Isidro Lima 27 
Peru 
 Tel.:  +(511) 616-2222 – Ext. 818 – 228 Fax:  +(511) 616-2222 – Ext. 805 E-mail:   jbutron@produce.gob.pe 
 
The text of the Technical Regulati on will be published on the website: 
http://www.produce.gob.pe